Guilt

S01 E03 • Tuesday, Apr 14, 2026 • Apr 14

The cause of the disaster and the extent of the cover-up were only revealed much later. Fourteen months after the catastrophe, the plant's operators stood trial in a Soviet court. Only after the collapse of the USSR did an independent investigation reveal the true cause of the accident. Forty years later, the nuclear exclusion zone transformed into a war zone—a situation that fueled new fears.